Apple increases focus on processor technology with appointment of former AMD system architect

Apple appears to be increasing its focus on its custom line of processors, appointing former AMD chip expert John Bruno as its new System Architect, more than 7 months after he was cut from the processor giant in a major reshuffle in November 2011.

As SemiAccurate points out (via Slashgear), Bruno has quite the history; he was part of the team that helped bring AMD’s 2nd-Generation A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) (codenamed “Trinity”) to market. He designed the hardware specification and specified the software for chips that have been embedded in PCs worldwide.